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Synopsis
***A shocking story of voyeurism, betrayal, and a fight for the truth in the face of rapid-fire media and fake news.*** **In** the aftermath of Brexit, the body of a young woman is found by the River Thames, and a neighbor, a retired teacher from Chapelton College, is arrested. An eccentric loner--intellectual, shy, a fastidious dresser with expensive tastes--he is the perfect candidate for a media monstering. In custody he is interviewed by two detectives: the circumspect Ander and his workaday foil, Gary. Ander is particularly watchful now, because the man across the table is someone he knows--someone he hasn't seen in nearly thirty years. Determined to salvage the truth as ex-pupils and colleagues line up against the accused, he must face a story from decades back, from his own time as a Chapelton student, at the peak of anti-Irish sentiment. With the momentum of classic crime fiction, *Throw Me to the Wolves* follows two mysteries--one unfolding in the media-saturated present, and the other bubbling up from the abusive past of the 1980s English school system. Beautifully written and psychologically acute, it is a novel about memory and childhood, prescient and piercingly funny, as wise as it is tragic. This description comes from the publisher.Book Details
Published
May 24, 2026
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pages
336
ISBN
9781529110609